emission
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Definition of emission
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
“the emission was mostly blood”
“Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
“the emission was mostly blood”
“Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America.”
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(countable, uncountable)The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
“the emission of light from the sun”
“the emission of heat from a fire”
“Camden motive power depot has been much criticised for its emission of smoke in a residential neighbourhood and its complete dieselisation is rapidly taking place.”
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A show; a program.
“All too often, such shows result in destroying any idea that the topic just _could possibly_ be serious. I also discussed with gothic friends, telling they once were interviewed by people claiming to be creating an emission about gothics... just to discover later that the real topic was sects!”
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Etymology
First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō (“sending forth”), from ēmittō (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mittō (“send”).
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